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Pride and Pregame: A Modern Hockey Romance
Libby Bennet-Cross has clawed her way out of minor league press boxes, fueled by caffeine, sharp analysis, and one very viral tweet.
Her reward? An emergency assignment covering the Boston Steel—and their infuriatingly perfect captain, Liam D'Arcy. He is wealthy, stoic, and hockey royalty. His family owns the team, his interviews are a masterclass in saying nothing, and his post-game persona has earned him the nickname "hockey robot." To Libby, he’s an arrogant obstacle standing between her and the career she deserves.
But when a charity gala photo threatens Libby's credibility and lands them both in the headlines, they are forced into a solution that mortifies them a fake relationship to keep the playoff coverage on the ice instead of their personal lives.
The rules are
Sell the romance to the cameras.Keep the team focused on the Cup.Don’t let the lines blur.It’s a perfect plan—until Libby discovers that Liam's cold exterior hides something she never a man who's been protecting everyone but himself. And Liam realizes that in vain has he the only thing harder than winning the Stanley Cup is pretending he isn't falling for the one woman who sees the man behind the jersey.
Then a family scandal explodes across the tabloids, and suddenly their fake relationship is the least of their problems.
A Pride and Prejudice retelling served on ice.
Her reward? An emergency assignment covering the Boston Steel—and their infuriatingly perfect captain, Liam D'Arcy. He is wealthy, stoic, and hockey royalty. His family owns the team, his interviews are a masterclass in saying nothing, and his post-game persona has earned him the nickname "hockey robot." To Libby, he’s an arrogant obstacle standing between her and the career she deserves.
But when a charity gala photo threatens Libby's credibility and lands them both in the headlines, they are forced into a solution that mortifies them a fake relationship to keep the playoff coverage on the ice instead of their personal lives.
The rules are
Sell the romance to the cameras.Keep the team focused on the Cup.Don’t let the lines blur.It’s a perfect plan—until Libby discovers that Liam's cold exterior hides something she never a man who's been protecting everyone but himself. And Liam realizes that in vain has he the only thing harder than winning the Stanley Cup is pretending he isn't falling for the one woman who sees the man behind the jersey.
Then a family scandal explodes across the tabloids, and suddenly their fake relationship is the least of their problems.
A Pride and Prejudice retelling served on ice.
252 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 11, 2025
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Did Not Finish
June 2, 2026Reasons I started this book: The title, the tropes, the blurb. Libby is a female sportswriter. Liam is the prodigal son of the owner of the team he plays for. Libby is called in to cover the team’s playoff run. It’s not the perfect job, but it helps her get her foot in the door for where she wants to go. I didn’t like him from the moment he was on page, and neither did she. They went into this not liking or trusting each other. Libby trusted everything everyone else said about him, but ignored all the signs and facts he offered to prove them wrong. And that was her downfall. As a reporter, and as a person. The characters weren’t really giving me a reason to stay…
Reasons I didn’t finish this book: …the book.
Once I started thinking about whether or not I should keep going, I knew that’s where I should stop. That was also around the same time I realized things were being repeated. And not in a descriptive way. In a “here’s the same exact paragraph/quote again as if you didn’t already read it in a totally different scene”.
DNFed at 43%
2/10 Enemies to Lovers
5/10 Fake Relationship
5/10 Forced Proximity
8/10 Sports Romance
3/10 Workplace Romance
Reasons I didn’t finish this book: …the book.
Once I started thinking about whether or not I should keep going, I knew that’s where I should stop. That was also around the same time I realized things were being repeated. And not in a descriptive way. In a “here’s the same exact paragraph/quote again as if you didn’t already read it in a totally different scene”.
DNFed at 43%
2/10 Enemies to Lovers
5/10 Fake Relationship
5/10 Forced Proximity
8/10 Sports Romance
3/10 Workplace Romance
June 23, 2026
This was actually a cute P&P variation! But it could seriously use another round of editing. Several phrases and sentences were repeated word for word throughout. Some inconsistencies with facts (rental car vs her own car), clothes on and then missing in the next paragraph. But overall a cute story and worth a read
January 14, 2026
3.5
La hermana de Libby no era inocente sabía que lo que estaba haciendo estaba mal, de lo contrario no habría desaparecido. Así que inocente no es y su juventud no es excusa, porque aunque es joven, no es una niña.
La hermana de Libby no era inocente sabía que lo que estaba haciendo estaba mal, de lo contrario no habría desaparecido. Así que inocente no es y su juventud no es excusa, porque aunque es joven, no es una niña.
June 27, 2026
Un mélange de hockey romance et de Pride and Préjudice : j’étais obligée de le lire.
Pas incroyable mais distrayant et sympa à lire !
Pas incroyable mais distrayant et sympa à lire !
July 1, 2026
love this book!
It is fun, different and has a great, romantic ending. I even got used to the different names by the end.
It is fun, different and has a great, romantic ending. I even got used to the different names by the end.
August 15, 2026
Very cute premise, but it seems that nobody tried to edit at all.
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